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| Evaluation of self-report screening instrument to predict frailty outcomes in aging populations | | Author(s) | Kathleen K Brody, Richard E Johnson, L Douglas Ried |
| Journal title | The Gerontologist, vol 37, no 2, April 1997 |
| Pages | pp 182-191 |
| Keywords | Mobility ; Self care capacity ; At risk ; Screening ; Evaluation ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | The purpose of this US study was to investigate the utility of a self-report screening instrument, the Health Status Form (HSF), to predict older members of a health maintenance organisation (HMO) at risk of frailty in the subsequent year. The predictive ability of the HSF data was also compared to the predictive ability of inpatient discharges and pharmacy dispensings from administrative utilisation databases. Four HSF variables best predicted older members at risk of frailty: age; indicating that health conditions interfered with daily activities; needing or receiving assistance from another person for bathing; and needing or receiving assistance from another person for taking medications. The predictive model yielded sensitivity 50.7%, specificity 97.8%, and correctly classified 90.0% of the population. Recommendations for further research are included, in particular to test a new brief instrument composed of portions of validated measures as a stand alone screener to select frail members for care management purposes. (AKM). |
| Accession Number | CPA-980813404 A |
| Classmark | C4: CA: CA3: 3V: 4C: 7T |
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